I am an evil giraffe. Who no longer blogs about politics.

Because, well, it was about time I painted some of these OGRE miniatures.

(pause)

You will note that there are no photos. That’s because the first batch came out… well. There was what was in my head, and then there was what ended up on the miniatures, and then there was the dimensional portal that suddenly opened up and brought the whole thing to the Elemental Plane of Bad Paint Jobs.

At this point, you are either wincing or nodding; it all depends on whether you’ve painted miniatures yourself. This is the first time that I’ve tried it, you see. My wife painted ’em; I didn’t. So I’m not actually upset; I was expecting a learning experience from all of this… and hoo, boy, I got one. Still fun to try something new, though.

Moe do a spray paint undercoat first then do the colors you want, looks like your going for the white undercoat go dark they’re OGRE’S for Xenon’s sake’s they aren’t supposed to look HAPPY CHEERFUL AND NICE!

A jaunty OGRE is a happy OGRE. I’m going to make a “hello kitty” themed one. (But with the pattern provided, and my wife’s scrapbooking die-cut printer.) Not that I think my girls will need too much encouagement…

“There was what was in my head, and then there was what ended up on the miniatures, and then there was the dimensional portal that suddenly opened up and brought the whole thing to the Elemental Plane of Bad Paint Jobs.”

Stealing this for my quotes file–it explains so much about my writing …